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. >>> well, a deadly attack on the defense mintry in yemen this morning. the attackers were said to be wearing yemeni army uniforms. dozens were killed or wounded. no claim of responsibility as of yet. >>> despite pleas from families and investigators they not be released. officials in connecticut on wednesday did make public more than 20 minutes of 911 calls that came in during last year's shooting at sandy hook elementary school. the calls urged police to come quickly. in some calls shots can be heard. in one, a teacher shot in the foot told police there's children in this room. overall, the tapes show calm, bravery and professionalism. nbc news has made a decision out of respect for the families not to play those tapes. >> we should talk about that for a second more. we are coming up on the one-year anniversary of the shootings. the families said please to media outlets, don't play the tapes. our policy, the decision was made based on this idea that if we had found something in those tapes that significantly advanced the story, that told us more about h
. >>> well, a deadly attack on the defense mintry in yemen this morning. the attackers were said to be wearing yemeni army uniforms. dozens were killed or wounded. no claim of responsibility as of yet. >>> despite pleas from families and investigators they not be released. officials in connecticut on wednesday did make public more than 20 minutes of 911 calls that came in during last year's shooting at sandy hook elementary school. the calls urged police to come quickly. in...
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and that is an initiative that will involve several government agencies, among them nih and the defense advanced research project agency and the national science foundation as well as private partners to take our understanding of the brain and how it works and bring it up a notch. try to figure out a way to develop the tools to decode the language of the brain. we have gone a long way recently, but we knew -- need to go much further much faster to understand the basis of how the brain works and how it sometimes does not work so well so that you end up with a brain that gives you alzheimer's or parkinson's or any of those disorders that were mentioned earlier. those are disorders that if you are going to really be able to make the kind of progress we want, we have got to understand the fundamentals of the organ involved. we do not understand the brain as well as we understand the heart, kidney, or the liver. the association hopes to put the brain into the focus of current research so we can really up the understanding of this organ and be able to make a difference for people with brain d
and that is an initiative that will involve several government agencies, among them nih and the defense advanced research project agency and the national science foundation as well as private partners to take our understanding of the brain and how it works and bring it up a notch. try to figure out a way to develop the tools to decode the language of the brain. we have gone a long way recently, but we knew -- need to go much further much faster to understand the basis of how the brain works and...
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in her new position, fox would be the highest ranking woman at the defense department, serving under defense secretary chuck hagel. >>> if you want to zip through airport security lines, starting today the tsa's pre-check program is becoming more readily available for all travelers. the tsa is opening a registration website. up to 300 enrollment centers. for those who qualify, you'll get to keep shoes and belts when you go through security, and you no longer have to pull ought out laptops from the cases. a background check is required and a fee. you can apply on the tsa website and look for signup centers at major airport coming in the near future. >>> investigators in arizona are trying to figure out what caused three sky divers to collide in midair tuesday night and two were killed in the accident. the other was injured. this happened at a popular skydiving facility in arizona, just 60 miles southeast of phoenix. officials say the skydivers collided about 200 feet from the ground, causing their parachutes to collapse as they fell. the skydivers had been part of a 200-member group p
in her new position, fox would be the highest ranking woman at the defense department, serving under defense secretary chuck hagel. >>> if you want to zip through airport security lines, starting today the tsa's pre-check program is becoming more readily available for all travelers. the tsa is opening a registration website. up to 300 enrollment centers. for those who qualify, you'll get to keep shoes and belts when you go through security, and you no longer have to pull ought out...
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monica and after you try to figure out what it is, what the real property laws is in california and what defenses you might have or what arguments you might have, you are faced with a trained lawyer and someone who has been to law school for 3 years, someone whose practiced for some period of time. what we need here to answer your question is a playwright. this is mccobb. this is weird. we are not on anyone's calendar to speak of. that for some of us, that's what makes it fun. >> thank you. jum. [ applause ] we are now going to take audience questions and answers. no cards. so please pass them in so we can ask questions. you'll let me again ask karen, you spent the last year-and-a-half studying and observing how gideon's promise have been broken. what do you think is an obstacle to closing the gap between rich and poor people's justice. what have we learned about the solution? >> well, i think the biggest obstacle to closing this gap is the political desire to do so which is kind of -- i talked about that a little bit in my talk. but i think that, you know, and you can learn this lesson in many w
monica and after you try to figure out what it is, what the real property laws is in california and what defenses you might have or what arguments you might have, you are faced with a trained lawyer and someone who has been to law school for 3 years, someone whose practiced for some period of time. what we need here to answer your question is a playwright. this is mccobb. this is weird. we are not on anyone's calendar to speak of. that for some of us, that's what makes it fun. >> thank...
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i need that information so i can see for example is this a self defense case. there has to be enough time to create a relationship, is she said. that's where the the difference is between rich and poor. the rich because they are paying for their time will have as much time with their lawyer as they need. ". it's a serious thing that they know the system is broken. and the criminal justice across the united states acknowledge deep flaws in the way representation is provided to people. eric also spoke to the american council of chief defender in 2009. we know they lag far behind other justice programs. they constitute about 3 percent of all criminal justice expenditures in our nations largest counties." i'm going to skip ahead. we interview lawyers, who fire appropriate motions and do many other things that attorneys should be able to do as a matter of course. finally we know there are numerous challenges in the public defense system like budget shortfalls. he acknowledged the challenges the system faced were not new and quoted justice hugo black when gideon came
i need that information so i can see for example is this a self defense case. there has to be enough time to create a relationship, is she said. that's where the the difference is between rich and poor. the rich because they are paying for their time will have as much time with their lawyer as they need. ". it's a serious thing that they know the system is broken. and the criminal justice across the united states acknowledge deep flaws in the way representation is provided to people. eric...
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defense secretary chuck hagel lands in kabul amongst chaos. it comes after afghan president hamid karzai refuses to sign a deal allowing american troops to stay in the country past 2014. they want a deal signed by the end of the month. hagel has no plans to meet with karzai. he is in the country to thank troops for their service. now you are looking at live pictures from johannesburg, south africa, where visitors all over the world continue to mourn the loss of nelson mandela. president obama will travel to south africa for the memorial along with presidents bush and clinton. they'll be joined by other world figures like the pope and celebrities including bill gates and oprah. the public service will be on tuesday. mandela's body will lie in state for three days. after that his body will be flown to his home village for a private burial. >>> the grammy nominations are out. justin timberlake lead the pack at seven. did mr. suit and tie get snubbed? timberlake's 20/20 experience was the best-selling release but he still didn't get nominated in t
defense secretary chuck hagel lands in kabul amongst chaos. it comes after afghan president hamid karzai refuses to sign a deal allowing american troops to stay in the country past 2014. they want a deal signed by the end of the month. hagel has no plans to meet with karzai. he is in the country to thank troops for their service. now you are looking at live pictures from johannesburg, south africa, where visitors all over the world continue to mourn the loss of nelson mandela. president obama...
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still unclear why it happened in the first place. >>> while you were sleeping, defense secretary chuck hagel was on a military transport, headed for unannounced trip to afghanistan. he landed in kabul early this morning. hagel is there to thank u.s. troops for service and training afghan national security forces. he'll also meet with his afghan counterpart to see if afghan troops are able to defend their own country. >>> former presidents george w. bush and clinton will join president obama at a memorial for nelson mandela next week as south africa mourns its former president, hundreds of people of all ages and colors are leaving candles, flowers, stuffed animals, balloons at the home of the civil rights icon. nelson mandela died thursday. he was 95 years old. mandela's legacy is definitely a complicated one. while in prison he was labeled a terrorist by the reagan administration. mandela even had to get a special waiver to visit the u.s. in the 1990s. he wasn't removed from that terrorist list until 2008. cnn editorial producer nadia bill check with us. this is a part of history that
still unclear why it happened in the first place. >>> while you were sleeping, defense secretary chuck hagel was on a military transport, headed for unannounced trip to afghanistan. he landed in kabul early this morning. hagel is there to thank u.s. troops for service and training afghan national security forces. he'll also meet with his afghan counterpart to see if afghan troops are able to defend their own country. >>> former presidents george w. bush and clinton will join...
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this actually goes back a number of years where the president didn't come to charlie rangel's defense a couple of times, this being one of them, where he says he hopes he retires with dignity during that whole debacle. he hasn't retired. the feud goes back years and years before that when he was running for president in 2008. charlie rangel famously supported hillary clinton. that infused some bad blood into the process. we hear the sort of back and forth. charlie rangel wanted access to the president and white house. as chairman of the house ways and means committee he's one of the most prominent black leaders in america. >> one of the most powerful people in america. i'm not defending charlie rangel's ethics, that's impossible. i will say this. here's the key difference between them. charlie rangel likes other people. he don't consider themselves omni potent, he listening to people. he has a natural affection for other human beings. he's not cold, remote, distant and imperious like the other person in this fractured relation. >> ""the new york post"" article is saying that they hate
this actually goes back a number of years where the president didn't come to charlie rangel's defense a couple of times, this being one of them, where he says he hopes he retires with dignity during that whole debacle. he hasn't retired. the feud goes back years and years before that when he was running for president in 2008. charlie rangel famously supported hillary clinton. that infused some bad blood into the process. we hear the sort of back and forth. charlie rangel wanted access to the...
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then a look at how personal costs fit into the budget at the defense carbon. that's "washington journal was 7:00 live every day at a.m. on c-span. is thewireline world central circulatory system of our economy erie it is the veins and the arteries that connect what is the information economy in the united states. we are seeing data traffic increase at the rate of 40% the year. it is wireline networks that connect all forms of communication whether they originate in the wireline environment or a wireless environment. >> the future of the communications industry with walter mccormick, monday on "the communicators." >> i got upset with the press my mentaley covered in the first few meetings i had and then they never showed up anymore. then i was walking in the downsized lore in the white house and the woman who was one -- she said people mental health is just not a sexy issue. the mental health act of 1980 and what he said was involuntarily retired from the white house. >> first lady rosalynn carter, monday night at 9:00 eastern live on c-span and c-span three, >
then a look at how personal costs fit into the budget at the defense carbon. that's "washington journal was 7:00 live every day at a.m. on c-span. is thewireline world central circulatory system of our economy erie it is the veins and the arteries that connect what is the information economy in the united states. we are seeing data traffic increase at the rate of 40% the year. it is wireline networks that connect all forms of communication whether they originate in the wireline environment...
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i think the only thing that is likely to get through is the defense authorization act. will see what gets included. one thing we will be watching is to see whether any legislation sanctioning iran is added to that bill. the administration is doing everything it can to prevent congress from doing that but a lot of members are still interested in adding sanctions to iran. another thing to watch for is the farm bill. if they cannot get a deal they are going to have to extend existing -- finally the senate are here for and asked her week. they will look at a lot of nominations, particularly after the filibuster changes republicans ran through a couple of weeks ago. among the big nominees are the new chairwoman of the federal reserve, jackie ellen. -- a number of articles suggest this is the most unproductive congress ever. why is it so hard to get anything done on capitol hill? it is divided government. you have the senate run by democrats, the house run right -- the house run by republicans. leadership for a longtime hasn't really been able to completely control their memb
i think the only thing that is likely to get through is the defense authorization act. will see what gets included. one thing we will be watching is to see whether any legislation sanctioning iran is added to that bill. the administration is doing everything it can to prevent congress from doing that but a lot of members are still interested in adding sanctions to iran. another thing to watch for is the farm bill. if they cannot get a deal they are going to have to extend existing -- finally...
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court costs and washed up is that that might be the case is a touchy subject came from defenders of defense fund which hit the road costs it's taken. who gets screwed home to my new leader chinese supermarket retailers and friends are among the worst offenders when it comes to butchery in which the critics. they're not the only ones sectors like human resources technology and media attention turned to music read me a note isms which then spread sparking worries that the french line which is being watered down some native speakers have a hard time thinking of french translations are commonly used english words. star this post is that you see all costs. chuckles. boy some close ups as the phillies the way. let if league action. it's important to make an entrance this he meant no time for the french language. i don't reject foreign religions that every country has an identity a secret texted back to the front is broadcasting watchdog agrees its meeting on monday to discuss the pretty freakin of home plate in the media. your friends on tv. it is eleven minutes us that he intends me to hand you
court costs and washed up is that that might be the case is a touchy subject came from defenders of defense fund which hit the road costs it's taken. who gets screwed home to my new leader chinese supermarket retailers and friends are among the worst offenders when it comes to butchery in which the critics. they're not the only ones sectors like human resources technology and media attention turned to music read me a note isms which then spread sparking worries that the french line which is...
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clearly not highways, defense, or food. congress did pass a bill ensuring people can fish near dams on the cumberland river and they also passeded deep cuts in food stamps for the poor which is good solid governing because the poor don't need food stamps anymore. now that they can fish near dams on the cumberland river. >> also, as amusing as the rob ford saga has been, there is some indication he may have tried to pay to keep the now infamous crack smoking video out of the public eye. and sticking with our friends in canada, usually if you lose your winning lottery ticket, you lose the lottery. but north of the border that, is not the case. we have a great story for new the cooler on this thursday edition of "way too early." >> a norman rockwell painting goes for a record sum at auction and we have a sweet goal from the premier league. but we have a lot of news to get to this morning. we're going to start with breaking news overseas. 20 people are reportedly dead afte
clearly not highways, defense, or food. congress did pass a bill ensuring people can fish near dams on the cumberland river and they also passeded deep cuts in food stamps for the poor which is good solid governing because the poor don't need food stamps anymore. now that they can fish near dams on the cumberland river. >> also, as amusing as the rob ford saga has been, there is some indication he may have tried to pay to keep the now infamous crack smoking video out of the public eye....
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public defense system because of you. so our lawyers are changing the world. public defenders are changing the world everyday and you don't realize it because you are caught up in this wrath of injustice. part of it is supporting the public defenders to advocate with stories to try to get the resources that we need and to ultimately build a movement where the voices are too loud. you can't ignore the voices saying. remember what gideon said, this is a civil rights issue and we need to shame the country into stepping up to the plate. >> if anyone wants to learn more about gideon's promise i have borrow brochure. the website is gideon's promise.org. >> can you tell us about your personal story ? >> my personal story came in 1991. i was convicted of second degree murder of shooting into an occupied car and attempted murder. it all erupted from the area i was from. i was from the projects in san francisco off the -- i forgot the highway, but i was a very interesting person of character from that projects. i was no angel but n
public defense system because of you. so our lawyers are changing the world. public defenders are changing the world everyday and you don't realize it because you are caught up in this wrath of injustice. part of it is supporting the public defenders to advocate with stories to try to get the resources that we need and to ultimately build a movement where the voices are too loud. you can't ignore the voices saying. remember what gideon said, this is a civil rights issue and we need to shame the...
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defense cutter says more is on the table including a plan to close all u.s. based commissaries where they shop at reduced rate saving thousands on their grocery bills. it would affect 78 commissaries in the united states. they receive 1.4 billion in subsidies. but they don't tell the whole story. 30 percent of the employees are military spouses. there will likely be unemployment attached to eliminating this perk and the director of the defense commissary agency said they have already cut their budget by $700 million since 93. it has received mixed reviews. >> i think it is a bad thing to take away the commissary. it benefits a lot of soldiers and family members. >> i don't like it but the choices have to be made. it is this or say cutting retirement things like that, this is one of the least bad options. >> also on the chopping block ending a subsidy for stars and stripes the newspaper for the troops first published during the american civil war. it would cut $51.6 million for american forces radio and television service. 6.1 million for the pentagon channel
defense cutter says more is on the table including a plan to close all u.s. based commissaries where they shop at reduced rate saving thousands on their grocery bills. it would affect 78 commissaries in the united states. they receive 1.4 billion in subsidies. but they don't tell the whole story. 30 percent of the employees are military spouses. there will likely be unemployment attached to eliminating this perk and the director of the defense commissary agency said they have already cut their...
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you have to plead your defense. >> i think that's exactly right. there is a defense in the case. one of the judges pointed out that she is allegedly cheated and had affairs. apparently she also had an affair at the time of the proposal. this judge found that he meant it that he wanted to marry her. he changed his mind. melissa: i was the figure out? >> there were facts consisted of consistent with his intention to go on. melissa: that looks so happy at the time. of the is there on their way to the altar. if you propose you could be on the hood for some money down there are other cases that this brings to mind where you may be liable and on realize it. >> eight states have coastal, a socialist for parents. you're underage kids are drinking in their house and even if there is no harm, you could be liable. melissa: no harm peabody have to have known about it? >> well, you have to know that it's possible, i think. create the possibility. >> not only -- the parents are responsible for the children, all acts, which most parents don't realize. if your children heard somebody on the
you have to plead your defense. >> i think that's exactly right. there is a defense in the case. one of the judges pointed out that she is allegedly cheated and had affairs. apparently she also had an affair at the time of the proposal. this judge found that he meant it that he wanted to marry her. he changed his mind. melissa: i was the figure out? >> there were facts consisted of consistent with his intention to go on. melissa: that looks so happy at the time. of the is there on...
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as proof defense lawyers brought up an e-mail from lawson's ex, millionaire art dealer. in it he called her -- he accused her of being off her head on drugs. lawson says her ex-husband's e- mail was part of a bullying campaign to clear his name. he was vilified in the press this summer after he was photographed allegedly choking her. they divorced months later. the best selling author is worried the drug claims may have damaged her reputation. while her assistants are in court for fraud, she says that she's the one on trial in the world's press. al nonso van marsh, cbs news, london. >> the judge in the trial for law -- warned lawson that any of her testimony could implicate her in a criminal offense and that she could decline to answer any questions. >>> marine experts are trying to figure out what's causing whales to beach along florida's southwest coast off everglades national park. the pod of 30 to 40 pilot whales is swimming in shallow water less than a mile off the shoreline. the whales are a deep water animal commonly found in the gulf of mexico. some of the whales
as proof defense lawyers brought up an e-mail from lawson's ex, millionaire art dealer. in it he called her -- he accused her of being off her head on drugs. lawson says her ex-husband's e- mail was part of a bullying campaign to clear his name. he was vilified in the press this summer after he was photographed allegedly choking her. they divorced months later. the best selling author is worried the drug claims may have damaged her reputation. while her assistants are in court for fraud, she...
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nuclear weapons, or outcome two, israel decides to take pre-emptive nuclear reaction in its own self-defense. i don't know what the israelis are going to do, but no one should think this agreement is fundamentally going to change anything. >> six months and counting and we'll stay on it almost every sunday at this time. good to see you. thank you. >> thank you. >> ambassador, thank you so much. >> heads may be starting to roll in the wake of the disast rg rollout of obama care. a top maryland official in charge of that state's obama care exchange is reportedly resigning now. and this would be the first official to lose a job in light of the troubles surrounding the insurance exchanges. national correspondent steve sun somy joins me now from washington with more on the story. >> not only the federal obama care website that had its difficulties. some sof the state-run exchanges got off to a rocky start. rebecca pearce resigned friday. according to our affiliate in baltimore, some are suggesting she was forced out of office after two years on the job. in maryland, they signed up just over 3,000
nuclear weapons, or outcome two, israel decides to take pre-emptive nuclear reaction in its own self-defense. i don't know what the israelis are going to do, but no one should think this agreement is fundamentally going to change anything. >> six months and counting and we'll stay on it almost every sunday at this time. good to see you. thank you. >> thank you. >> ambassador, thank you so much. >> heads may be starting to roll in the wake of the disast rg rollout of...
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if you look at the major averages here of people considering defense tapering, potentially, when will it come as well as budget talks from washington. s&p go backg the about four points or zero point 25%. we will have more. ♪ ofthis is the early addition "bloomberg west." i'm emily chang. headlines.op world leaders are remembering nelson mandela at a memorial service at a soccer stadium in south africa. president obama was among those who spoke at the service for mandela. the president made headlines by shaking the hand of event president raul castro. that was the first handshake between those leaders in 13 years. the nominate to head the irs is at his confirmation hearing. will work to he restore the public's trust in the agency. they are struggling with budget cuts and political applications of admitting it applied closer groups. to tea party general motors named a new ceo, making her the first woman to lead a global auto company. there is an -- she is an engineer and has been for 30 years. she will take over for dan a person -- akerson. now to amazon. we all know it is a major on
if you look at the major averages here of people considering defense tapering, potentially, when will it come as well as budget talks from washington. s&p go backg the about four points or zero point 25%. we will have more. ♪ ofthis is the early addition "bloomberg west." i'm emily chang. headlines.op world leaders are remembering nelson mandela at a memorial service at a soccer stadium in south africa. president obama was among those who spoke at the service for mandela. the...
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they have no strategies but they do have multiple defensive strategies. the repeal movement is now dead. the attack the website movement is slowly going away. but now we have a battle raging on in the courts. new york times notes a fresh wave of legal challenges to the laws playing out in courtrooms as conservatives make the case that mr. obama has overstepped his authority. the opposition never sleeps. >> they don't sleep and it is their organizing principle because i think for grass roots tea party conservatives and don't forget, some of the tea party popped up as obama care was being passed back in 2009 and 2010. there are some people who genuinely see it as the last big reach of government especially on something as personal as health care. there's an emotional sometimes bordering on paranoid fuel that some of the republicans are tapping into with that. and it's the only thing that seems to stir their base. and as far as whatever other counter proposals they have, they have weak tea proposals concerning vouchers and that type of thing, but they haven'
they have no strategies but they do have multiple defensive strategies. the repeal movement is now dead. the attack the website movement is slowly going away. but now we have a battle raging on in the courts. new york times notes a fresh wave of legal challenges to the laws playing out in courtrooms as conservatives make the case that mr. obama has overstepped his authority. the opposition never sleeps. >> they don't sleep and it is their organizing principle because i think for grass...
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you could have an incident in which one side declares an air defense zone, and the other respond aggressively in the view of the first side and you get a spiral of escalation. what is different is in the cold war we had no ties with the soviet union. they were audiologically opposed. they had a closed-off economy, they were politically and militarily opposed. with china, we depend on china. every object we pick up says made in china, and china depends on us. what we have here is a situation in which our economic interests, our political interests in many areas, our interests in solving global problems like climate change and piracy are aligned. what we need to do is create diplomatic channels that find ways to resolve the territorial issues without letting it spin out of control. if you think about world war i, nobody wanted to go to war. but, you know, there was a fascination in serbia, and as it escalated, the sort of logic of alliance meant that they ended up in a conflict. that is what secretary of state john kerry is trying to prevent. >> your foreign policy service, your greatest fame m
you could have an incident in which one side declares an air defense zone, and the other respond aggressively in the view of the first side and you get a spiral of escalation. what is different is in the cold war we had no ties with the soviet union. they were audiologically opposed. they had a closed-off economy, they were politically and militarily opposed. with china, we depend on china. every object we pick up says made in china, and china depends on us. what we have here is a situation in...
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do not see the defense authorization bill. i am hopeful the senate will move on that intelligence authorization. the senate has passed comprehensive immigration reform will. we are very disappointed on this side of the aisle that the senate bill has not been put on the floor. our bill or one of the four bills out of committee. it was supported by the republican party and the judiciary committee. they have not been brought to the floor. we believe immigration reform is a critically important action for the congress to take. we hope anyone of those options would be brought to the table. the senate has passed in a bipartisan way the end of discrimination in employment. we talk about jobs. we talk about economic opportunity. passed that bill. that is not on the agenda either. i noticed we do have an extension bill that has been specifically reference. we will get to a debate on that next week. we have a suspension bill we have been urging that is reported out of committee that passed by 350 votes. it simply says we ought to have a
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they have different commands and defense if an idea it's because you signed your agreements is to say no to him because each and two tuesday that the that is just right now. i mean it's you want to sign a new agreement is to say no to rush out and to fuel chief culprit in the hands of russia. when you cleaned the question that loves to read before. on the me me me me it's you call it a dictatorship but there are elections there's the next elections in june two thousand the bowl beat the is the what is going well right now and the street. i quilted this is the that is putting up its fuel for one minute. joining history of independence a few create twenty second of it to tuesday. we didn't have to on the list. and this disc will be enough. who will be this way because of that. it never happened before. yes we will address that yes we were forced to not to comply with squares but we will bring them to face my list of companies and we loved eating and going to hospitals. after all this and it has happened before. right now we're just looking in its remit to form with two russian under the
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that is the amount of cuts to the defense budget for the sequester. it is just initial discussions. at the end of the day obama care is not working well. the website will eventually get up and running at the end of the day. those kind of problems will continue no matter what happens on the budget discussion. our other republicans of your mindset or with many of them tried to do what we saw a few months ago? guest: the sequester is the big issue. that was small budget costs -- what it cuts. -- budget cuts. if we can maintain those cuts, that is a step in the right direction and if we can do something about rolling back obama care, we will see some progress. there are enrollment error stories, talking about the number signing up. what are your concerns on the technical aspect of the website? guest: it is not a failed website, it is a failed health care approach. can washington improve our health care system? they are welcome to. are the white house as they operating with free-market efficiency, i think he admitted that maybe the government should not be running this hold health care s
that is the amount of cuts to the defense budget for the sequester. it is just initial discussions. at the end of the day obama care is not working well. the website will eventually get up and running at the end of the day. those kind of problems will continue no matter what happens on the budget discussion. our other republicans of your mindset or with many of them tried to do what we saw a few months ago? guest: the sequester is the big issue. that was small budget costs -- what it cuts. --...
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we don't have a bill setting defense policy, we don't have the bain pentagon bill. we have that every year, even in really bad years, but we don't have that this year, because it was shut down the government year. it was shut down the government, repeal obama care year. that's what we did all year, and now we're not doing that anymore. and now nothing is done. and time is almost up. and the question is, will they get it together? can they get it together to do something that isn't repeal obama care before the end of the year? what they said they wanted to do was immigration reform. remember? even republicans said they wanted to do it. democrats are behaving as if it is about to happen. this is the president and the first lady on friday, the day after thanksgiving. friday afternoon down at a tent on the national mall where legendary labor leader eliseo medina and mostly other young activists have been starving themselves in a fast for more than 20 days now to try to move the house to take up the immigration bill that passed this summer in the senate. republicans said
we don't have a bill setting defense policy, we don't have the bain pentagon bill. we have that every year, even in really bad years, but we don't have that this year, because it was shut down the government year. it was shut down the government, repeal obama care year. that's what we did all year, and now we're not doing that anymore. and now nothing is done. and time is almost up. and the question is, will they get it together? can they get it together to do something that isn't repeal obama...
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the defenses are crude, plastic bags so they don't breathe it in. the assault seems to be making little headway. aljazeera, bangkok. >> three people were killed over the weekend there and dozens more have been injured in the protests. the 85-year-old american held in north korea is in good condition according to a swedish diplomat who visited him. he was arrested more than a month ago after a tourist visit. just as he was about to take leave on an airliner, he was arrested. authorities say they are holding him to investigate war crimes. he was shown on north korean television reading what korean officials say was an apology. the u.s. is calling for his immediate release. >> vice president joe biden begins a delicate diplomatic mission today. he is due to arrive in japan, hoping to ease tensions in his bitter dispute with china. biden is looking to finalize a trade pact. he will make stops in china and south korea. >> the federal health care web sigh has relaunched. the white house said it is different from when it first opened up to the public. we e
the defenses are crude, plastic bags so they don't breathe it in. the assault seems to be making little headway. aljazeera, bangkok. >> three people were killed over the weekend there and dozens more have been injured in the protests. the 85-year-old american held in north korea is in good condition according to a swedish diplomat who visited him. he was arrested more than a month ago after a tourist visit. just as he was about to take leave on an airliner, he was arrested. authorities...
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it is a bipartisan defense bill. one that serves the interests of our men and women in uniform and spreerves the important principle of congressional oversight over the pentagon. here's some examples of what will be in the bill that will be considered by the house later this week and then hopefully by the senate next week. the bill will extend the department of defense's thought to pay combat pay and hardship duty pay for our troops. the bill relative to guantanamo includes that part of the senate language easing restrictions on overseas transfers of gitmo detainees but it retains the house prohibitions on transferring detainees to the united states. although we were unable to consider the gillibrand and mccaskill amendments on the senate floor, the bill includes -- or in the bill itself that will be forthcoming, the bill includes more than 20 other provisions to address the problem of sexual assault in the military that were the senate bill that came to the floor out of the committee and that were in the house of re
it is a bipartisan defense bill. one that serves the interests of our men and women in uniform and spreerves the important principle of congressional oversight over the pentagon. here's some examples of what will be in the bill that will be considered by the house later this week and then hopefully by the senate next week. the bill will extend the department of defense's thought to pay combat pay and hardship duty pay for our troops. the bill relative to guantanamo includes that part of the...
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and the president of china and said he made clear to china he wanted them to sort of roll back an air defense zone that china established unilaterally and is threatening japanese and even american commercial aircraft that you have to announce before you enter that space that you have to announce to china you're doing so. it's caused a lot of turmoil and headaches and so the vice president really made that clear. the other big thing in the trip was for the obama administration to make clear their so-called pivot to asia is still a viable priority for them, president obama had to cancel a trip to asia during the government shutdown so the strp was there to say we're still here and still will be strong in the region. >> i'm going to go ahead and change the topic quickly and on a personal note i wanted to ask you i heard that you got into a skirmish with reporters in japan. what happened. >> it was a little misunderstanding. i was the pool reporter meaning i was responsible to sending a report to all journalists in japan and u.s. so i was trying to see what was going on when the vice president me
and the president of china and said he made clear to china he wanted them to sort of roll back an air defense zone that china established unilaterally and is threatening japanese and even american commercial aircraft that you have to announce before you enter that space that you have to announce to china you're doing so. it's caused a lot of turmoil and headaches and so the vice president really made that clear. the other big thing in the trip was for the obama administration to make clear...
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there are the secretaries of defense, state, treasury, as well as department of homeland security. they have all spent a significant amount of time with the president on issues that they oversee. the first term and second, it is safe to say that secretary sibelius has spent a lot of time here. >> has the president been we endeavor to put as much as we know in advance on the public schedule that we released the day before. we talked often about meetings that have happened. i mentioned that i was in to see the president. not know i was going to see him the day before. it is like your lives. even know he is president, it is fluid. >> a little different. >> obviously there are some meetings that he has that are private. we don't put them on the public debt tool for a variety of reasons. i think those numbers that peter was citing, a lot of them are based on those standing weekly like the vice president posten weekly lunch. that is printed on there. >> has the president been invited to deliver remarks for nelson mandela? >> i do not have an answer about the logistics around the visit th
there are the secretaries of defense, state, treasury, as well as department of homeland security. they have all spent a significant amount of time with the president on issues that they oversee. the first term and second, it is safe to say that secretary sibelius has spent a lot of time here. >> has the president been we endeavor to put as much as we know in advance on the public schedule that we released the day before. we talked often about meetings that have happened. i mentioned that...
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bill, it doesn't help you back at home, say, well, why did you block this defense bill? oh, i blocked it because i was upset about a rules change they had made two months earlier. that doesn't fly. so, once individual things start moving, they just start moving and life gets back to normal. and you're right, they did that, they threw a tantrum over a defense bill right before a recess, so that didn't move. and so, it sat there for a couple weeks. but things are going to start moving, you know, as they get back now. it's one of those empty threats that is always made. democrats didn't back down. they changed the rules anyway and republicans are now kind of stuck with it. >> ryan, to that point, when we got the announcement today that because of snow there would be no votes today, after that point, we did actually get a vote on extending the plastic gun ban. if almost no senators were back at the capitol and back in washington and so many people were stranded, how were they able to take that plastic gun vote? >> that's actually a perfect example. so, the way they do a vote
bill, it doesn't help you back at home, say, well, why did you block this defense bill? oh, i blocked it because i was upset about a rules change they had made two months earlier. that doesn't fly. so, once individual things start moving, they just start moving and life gets back to normal. and you're right, they did that, they threw a tantrum over a defense bill right before a recess, so that didn't move. and so, it sat there for a couple weeks. but things are going to start moving, you know,...
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host: that was defense secretary chuck hagel speaking. andrew tilghman from "military times," walk us through what he said and what are the actual costs of personnel for our military. guest: the secretary is certainly right that the cost of military personnel has grown a lot over the past 10 years. there have been a lot of pay raises, particularly in the early part of past decade were the wars in iraq and afghanistan were at their peak. congress has granted additional benefits to military personnel. but what the secretary does not talk about is the percentage of that growth relative to everything else. what i found is that when i dug into the budget documents from the dod website, really what i found was that personnel costs are indeed rising, but so is the money for operations. so is spending on buying new weapons systems, and so is spending on research and development. the pie is growing at a very great rate, but each slice of the pie, personnel and everything else, is not really growing at a significant rate over any of the other ones.
host: that was defense secretary chuck hagel speaking. andrew tilghman from "military times," walk us through what he said and what are the actual costs of personnel for our military. guest: the secretary is certainly right that the cost of military personnel has grown a lot over the past 10 years. there have been a lot of pay raises, particularly in the early part of past decade were the wars in iraq and afghanistan were at their peak. congress has granted additional benefits to...
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we shall not submit, and we have no choice but to hit back by all means in our power in defense of our people, our future and our freedom. mandela wanted to start up with the form of violence that inflicted the least harm against individuals, the goal of sabotage over killing. but spear of the nations targeted attacks would end up killing at least 63 people. spear of the nation and the anc were deemed a terrorist organization by the south african government and the united states. mandela and his movement would ultimately move back toward nonviolent resistance but charlayne hunter-gault said something important on this show last night about mandela's decision during his 2 years behind bars. >> reporter: at one point they asked him if he would give up violence, they would release him. and he said no, i'm not going to do that. >> to the end of his days, he held out the legitimacy of armed struggle. that's something we grabble with as this great reconciler. he was a revolutionary. he came to believe that only through hardship and sacrifice and militant action can freedom only be won. we're
we shall not submit, and we have no choice but to hit back by all means in our power in defense of our people, our future and our freedom. mandela wanted to start up with the form of violence that inflicted the least harm against individuals, the goal of sabotage over killing. but spear of the nations targeted attacks would end up killing at least 63 people. spear of the nation and the anc were deemed a terrorist organization by the south african government and the united states. mandela and...
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the navy, the department of veteran affairs and two defense contractors are named as defendants. all are accused of negligence. knight's sister says the system is flawed and needs to be fixed. with we are all just torn apart and we want to get through this and make a change and make a difference so her life wasn't in vain. >> the lawsuit alleges federal agencies and contractors did not act on rd flags about the mental health of navy yard gunman. and also says navy yard security was lax alexis killed 12 people before he died in a shootout with police in september. >>> dick cheney is commenting on camera about a family feud between the two daughters. the siblings spat began when liz cheney reiterated her support for traditional marriage. she's locked in a tight republican primary battle. her sister, mary cheney, on the right there, is married to her partner, heather. the couple took to facebook to criticize liz cheney's stand against same-sex marriage. he was asked about the controversy last night. >> we were surprised when there was an attack launched on facebook. and wish it hadn
the navy, the department of veteran affairs and two defense contractors are named as defendants. all are accused of negligence. knight's sister says the system is flawed and needs to be fixed. with we are all just torn apart and we want to get through this and make a change and make a difference so her life wasn't in vain. >> the lawsuit alleges federal agencies and contractors did not act on rd flags about the mental health of navy yard gunman. and also says navy yard security was lax...
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i am hearted by the incremental with this year's defense authorization bill we have to do more to insure guantanamo is close. let's remove this point let's remove this plight. [applause] and to continue the work drones could be used to arm to conflict with only with international humanitarian law. with lethal operations using drones in pakistan and afghanistan and yemen some of the population. i remain very concerned about the lack of transparency and the use of six pitcher strikes that raises a very serious questions with the drones comply with the vegetarian vegetarian, -- humanitarian law to continue this precedent for the rest of the world including the other countries said have terrible records we ought to be as transparent as possible and if they follow international law i would suggest maybe it is time to look at international law in this area and maybe it is time to have tiding and changes that i for one would like to see that. i never hesitate to criticize so i criticize my own government to live up to the standards reid demand of others but let me use one area i think of the in
i am hearted by the incremental with this year's defense authorization bill we have to do more to insure guantanamo is close. let's remove this point let's remove this plight. [applause] and to continue the work drones could be used to arm to conflict with only with international humanitarian law. with lethal operations using drones in pakistan and afghanistan and yemen some of the population. i remain very concerned about the lack of transparency and the use of six pitcher strikes that raises...
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andrew tillman examines military personnel costs and their impact on the defense department budget. journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> they covet my mental health work, the first few meetings we had. one day, i was walking in the white house and met this woman who was one of the press people. said, nobody ever covers my meetings. she
andrew tillman examines military personnel costs and their impact on the defense department budget. journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> they covet my mental health work, the first few meetings we had. one day, i was walking in the white house and met this woman who was one of the press people. said, nobody ever covers my meetings. she
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defense authorization will be difficult to veto. it veto is out there, but if is not a standalone sanctions bill, they will have a lot of work to do to convince congress and, democrats, not to join. >> rachel is waiting from california on our line. thank you for getting up this morning and joining us. >> thank you for taking my call. the only place i really get my news is press tv. i am an independent now. i used to be a diehard but my priorities have changed seeing as how the country has changed foreign policy. i thought at least obama, even though i voted third party after ron paul and after what republicans did to ron paul, the convention was totally disgusting, i left the party -- the their priority neocons took over republican party, which is a jewish obama is still being andby the nose by netanyahu they run our congress and it is horrible. >> who do you think are the big ,nfluencers on this white house outside the political realm? rachel's point, they are in strong opposition with obama on the iran deal. whether or not in six
defense authorization will be difficult to veto. it veto is out there, but if is not a standalone sanctions bill, they will have a lot of work to do to convince congress and, democrats, not to join. >> rachel is waiting from california on our line. thank you for getting up this morning and joining us. >> thank you for taking my call. the only place i really get my news is press tv. i am an independent now. i used to be a diehard but my priorities have changed seeing as how the...
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and easier than making peace and i can tell you because i have been on both sides as the minister of defense and now as president. we have advance the peace process much more than any other moment in our history in many attempts that we have made to have peace after 50 years of war. we managed to negotiate first the agenda. that is a major step in any process to end conflict. if you agree on the agenda, you have agreed on 50% of what you need and we did that more than a year ago and we negotiated five points in the agenda and we have agreed on two of those five points. the first is then an agreement on what to do with our rural areas, rural development. this is extremely important because they were rural, they were born there, they grew there and so for them this issue is very important and we already have an agreement on that point. the second very important point is political participation, how are they going to participate in politics and transition from bullets to floats, from arms to arguments and how is it that we are going to open the space for them and this point is something that th
and easier than making peace and i can tell you because i have been on both sides as the minister of defense and now as president. we have advance the peace process much more than any other moment in our history in many attempts that we have made to have peace after 50 years of war. we managed to negotiate first the agenda. that is a major step in any process to end conflict. if you agree on the agenda, you have agreed on 50% of what you need and we did that more than a year ago and we...
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defense of defense is at a disadvantage. the farmers almanac is predicting these type of conditions for the super bowl. this does not bode well for the team whose signature is that, seattle seahawks. peyton manning who threw for 400 yards in cold weather conditions. going in you think peyton manning has the disadvantage? no. defensive teams who find their way to the super bowl because of defense, probe, are the ones that are the odd men out in that matchup. >> now you mentioned peyton manning and he kind of made a statement, the knock was he kind of couldn't play in the cold weather but he stretched his haters yesterday. >> 400 yards in bad weather. if the farmers almanac is right which 80% of the time they are, it's going to be interesting to see who has the vac. based on the way we saw defense, that baltimore ravens game, how many points were scored in the fourth quarter alone because the defense couldn't get their grip. the defense is at a disadvantage if the super bowl has these types of condition. >> the ravens game, th
defense of defense is at a disadvantage. the farmers almanac is predicting these type of conditions for the super bowl. this does not bode well for the team whose signature is that, seattle seahawks. peyton manning who threw for 400 yards in cold weather conditions. going in you think peyton manning has the disadvantage? no. defensive teams who find their way to the super bowl because of defense, probe, are the ones that are the odd men out in that matchup. >> now you mentioned peyton...
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attorney, martin's defense attorney, his probation officer, and a v.a. justice outreach specialist from the salem v.a. center, he began a program at the salem v.a. it included group treatment sessions. he also met with a vocational rehab counselor to address his need for employment. two months into his participation in veterans treatment court, martin was hired as a sprinkler system installer. he said this was a boost his self-esteem and his sobriety. veterans treatment court lasted six months, during which he completed his substance abuse treatment and maintained his sobriety and employment. in the six months, the judge presented him with a challenge coin, symbolizing his graduation from his court. today martin remains employed, has maintained a sobriety, and has had no further run-ins with the law. he has been promoted three times and received the performance bonus from his employer, and he has reconnected with his ex- wife. martin says of his arrest and its aftermath, a treatment court changed my life. the court was not against me. they were actually
attorney, martin's defense attorney, his probation officer, and a v.a. justice outreach specialist from the salem v.a. center, he began a program at the salem v.a. it included group treatment sessions. he also met with a vocational rehab counselor to address his need for employment. two months into his participation in veterans treatment court, martin was hired as a sprinkler system installer. he said this was a boost his self-esteem and his sobriety. veterans treatment court lasted six months,...
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bided does nothing to ease tension in the south china sea in a blast the territorial claims and the air defense zone and kissinger and schulz lay out the strategy toy stop byo regions march to a nuclear breakout. also the latest math reading and science test scores of u.s. students with the new of american exceptional is somne and we will of the shocking statistics in the chalk talk. we will be right back. >> obama pushes the troubled health care plan. he says the matter how much it stinks it will not bewe repealed. we will talk to our guests who have a diagnosis of their own. next. [ male announcer ] here's a question for you. if every u.s. home replaced one light bulb with a compact fluorescent bulb, the energy saved could light how many homes? 1 million? 2 million? 3 million? the answer is... 3 million homes. by 2030, investments in energefficiency could help americans save $300 billion each year. take the energy quiz. energy lis here. [announcer]...if you think the best bed for one of you might be a compromise for the other one... [woman]ask me about our tempur-pedic. [announcer] they're sl
bided does nothing to ease tension in the south china sea in a blast the territorial claims and the air defense zone and kissinger and schulz lay out the strategy toy stop byo regions march to a nuclear breakout. also the latest math reading and science test scores of u.s. students with the new of american exceptional is somne and we will of the shocking statistics in the chalk talk. we will be right back. >> obama pushes the troubled health care plan. he says the matter how much it...
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trayvon martin was the the only person who's been killed and the person is used i know that defense wasn't necessarily used in the trayvon case but we see these sort of killers where people feel as though they have the right to first rather than retreat or rather than work the situation out in any way possible and we're seeing upticks in violence as a result aren't these laws and saying david. well look what happened there was a terrible tragedy and our laws must be written to prevent people from taking police action into their own hands and punishing those who do but one thing i think is important to keep in mind here is that people americans who live in rural counties don't always have immediate access to police and for police protection take for example that australian baseball player was murdered in cold blood in oklahoma it took over half an hour for an ambulance to reach him i think it's tough for us to tell americans who live in rural areas they can't defend their family and their home from a home invasion but in this case and this tragedy there's very little in the article is on th
trayvon martin was the the only person who's been killed and the person is used i know that defense wasn't necessarily used in the trayvon case but we see these sort of killers where people feel as though they have the right to first rather than retreat or rather than work the situation out in any way possible and we're seeing upticks in violence as a result aren't these laws and saying david. well look what happened there was a terrible tragedy and our laws must be written to prevent people...
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clearly, there were reasonable arguments that chief justice roberts could have made in defense of the law, yet no one suggested that he violated the constitution by arguing for the court to strike that law down. his view was not vindicated in that case, but may ultimately have resulted in a shift of the law which makes it additionally clear that the administration's decision not to defend doma was neither unprecedented nor inappropriate. i join with all of the committee in welcoming our witnesses, look forward to their testimony, and i yield back the balance of my time. >> thank you, mr. conyers. all other members' opening statements will be made a part of the record. we welcome our panel of witnesses today. if you would all please rise, we will begin by swearing you in. do you and each of you swear that the testimony you are about to give shall be the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you god? let the record reflect that all of the witnesses responded in the affirmative. thank you. i will now begin by introducing our witnesses. our first witness is jonathan tur
clearly, there were reasonable arguments that chief justice roberts could have made in defense of the law, yet no one suggested that he violated the constitution by arguing for the court to strike that law down. his view was not vindicated in that case, but may ultimately have resulted in a shift of the law which makes it additionally clear that the administration's decision not to defend doma was neither unprecedented nor inappropriate. i join with all of the committee in welcoming our...